Aras earned a Doctorate in Business Administration (Ph.D. in Marketing, with a Specialization in Empirical Modeling), a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA with triple majors, in Marketing, Management and International Business), and a Bachelor’s Degree (BS in Science with a major in Mechanical Engineering) from reputable universities and AACSB accredited graduate schools. In an original research article, he and his co-author reported strong empirical evidence for increased likelihood of e-commerce participation and purchase through social media advertisements, when consumers had more control over their online privacy. This article was published at the prestigious interdisciplinary journal, Computers in Human Behavior, ranked in top 1% in Arts and Humanities by CiteScore, with an impact factor of 9.0 in 2023 according to Vrije Universitet Amsterdam’s publishing guides.

Aras also contributed a reference book chapter to one of the earliest accounts, the SAGE Handbook of Digital Marketing, edited by AnnMarie Hanlon and Tracy Tuten, published in 2022.

He desires to publish high impact research that matters to achieve positive change in human development.

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